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In the cheerful light

Of the ever-shining Sun,

In the days of spring;

Why, with ceaseless, restless haste

Falls the cherry's new-blown bloom?

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #33 by 紀(きの)友(とも)則(のり)

Notes on this poem

Translation by Clay MacCauley via Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917

---
title: 百人一首 第33番 ひさかたの
japanese:
- - - pos: phrase
      text: ひさかたの
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ひさかたの
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 光: ひかり
    - pos: adjective
      text: のどけき
      dictionary: 長閑
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 春: はる
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 日: ひ
    - pos: particle
      text: に
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - しづ
      - 心: ごころ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/しづごころ
    - pos: adjective
      text: なく
      dictionary: 無し
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 花: はな
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 散: ち
      - る
      dictionary: 散る
    - pos: verb
      text: らむ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/らむ
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 紀友則の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_033.jpg
english:
- In the cheerful light
- Of the ever-shining Sun,
- In the days of spring;
- Why, with ceaseless, restless haste
- Falls the cherry's new-blown bloom?
translation:
  author: Clay MacCauley
  site:
    name: Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917
    link: https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/macauley.html
---

[百]{ひゃく}[人]{にん}[一]{いっ}[首]{しゅ} #33 by [紀]{きの}[友]{とも}[則]{のり}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/33/